There are PRs that fix this waiting to be merged:
You should be able to upgrade using something like:
owut upgrade --remove libbpf
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Thank you Dante.This worked for me.
That worked nicely, thank you.
Unfortunately, the unit no longer enjoys changing the lan address:
Thanks, upgrade went fine, and on my other ipq806x (MR-52), I upgraded owut before upgrading the whole kit and kaboodle and didnāt get that complaint.
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Reporting the recent apk-related merges have fixed the recent libustream-openssl āimpossible package selectionā error I experienced recently for SNAPSHOT.
I gather therāll be a period for feedback, then apply them to 25.12.0-rc2?
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That's the plan.
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Hello efahl - Do you have idea why my Asus RT-AX59u is stuck on version 24.10.3? I tried multiple ways to upgrade to 24.10.4 (also 24.10.5) and even to the latest RC2 as well as snapshot but it always revert back to 24.10.3.
Tried via owut, sysupgrade, attended sysupgrade. I dont see any errors in the output during the upgrade as well as in the logs.
owut check -v
owut - OpenWrt Upgrade Tool 2026.01.13~2526d84b-r1 (/usr/bin/owut)
ASU-Server https://sysupgrade.openwrt.org
Upstream https://downloads.openwrt.org
Target mediatek/filogic
Profile asus_rt-ax59u
Package-arch aarch64_cortex-a53
Root-FS-type squashfs
Sys-type sysupgrade
Version-from 24.10.3 r28872-daca7c049b (kernel 6.6.104)
Version-to 24.10.5 r29087-d9c5716d1d (kernel 6.6.119)
Build-commit https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=shortlog;h=d9c5716d1d
Build-FS-type squashfs
Build-at 2025-12-17T21:08:22Z (~36 days ago)
Image-prefix openwrt-24.10.5-mediatek-filogic-asus_rt-ax59u
Image-URL https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.5/targets/mediatek/filogic
Image-file openwrt-24.10.5-mediatek-filogic-asus_rt-ax59u-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Installed 199 packages
Top-level 86 packages
Default 36 packages
User-installed 65 packages (top-level only)
Package version changes:
base-files 1662~daca7c049b 1668~d9c5716d1d
dropbear 2024.86-r1 2024.86-r2
irqbalance 1.9.5-r1 1.9.4-r1
kmod-crypto-acompress 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-aead 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-authenc 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-crc32c 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-des 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-hash 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-hmac 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-hw-safexcel 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-manager 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-md5 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-null 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-sha1 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-sha256 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-sha512 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-fs-ext4 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-gpio-button-hotplug 6.6.104-r5 6.6.119-r5
kmod-hwmon-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-conntrack 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-conntrack-extra 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-conntrack-label 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-nat 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-leds-gpio 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-lib-crc-ccitt 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-lib-crc16 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-lib-crc32c 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-lib-lzo 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-libphy 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-conncount 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-conntrack 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-conntrack-netlink 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-conntrack6 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-flow 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-ipt 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-log 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-log6 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-nat 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-reject 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-reject6 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nfnetlink 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-compat 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-fib 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-nat 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-offload 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nls-base 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-phy-aquantia 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-scsi-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-tun 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb-storage 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb-xhci-hcd 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb-xhci-mtk 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb3 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
1 packages were downgraded
57 packages are out-of-date
Default package analysis:
Default Provided-by
kmod-mt7915e not installed
kmod-mt7986-firmware not installed
mt7986-wo-firmware not installed
nftables nftables-json
odhcp6c not installed
odhcpd-ipv6only not installed
ppp not installed
ppp-mod-pppoe not installed
wpad-basic-mbedtls not installed
There are currently package build failures for 24.10.5 aarch64_cortex-a53:
Feed: packages
python-flask-httpauth Tue Jan 20 23:03:54 2026 - not installed
python-gevent Tue Jan 20 22:53:13 2026 - not installed
python-msgpack Tue Jan 20 21:59:16 2026 - not installed
radicale2 Tue Jan 20 23:11:33 2026 - not installed
4 package build failures don't affect this device, details at
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/faillogs-24.10/aarch64_cortex-a53/
WARNING: There are 8 missing default packages, confirm this is expected before proceeding
WARNING: Checks reveal package downgrades, upgrade still possible with '--force'
Only that the irqbalance package is being downgraded from 1.9.5 to 1.9.4. If that's ok, try owut upgrade --force and it should work.
(I assume you've manually removed those missing default packages? The missing mt79 stuff looks like it will kill the radios on the device, and no ppp packages means no WAN interface?)
Thanks for the tip! Regarding the missing packages: I manually removed the mt79 (WiFi) and ppp (WAN) drivers to save space/resources. Iām using the RT-AX59U as a 'Lean Main Router' only. I have other devices handling the radios and AP duties, so I don't need those on this unit.
Iāve just reinstalled all the default drivers (kmod-mt7915e, mt7986-wo-firmware, ppp, etc.) and synchronized ucode/libucode to ensure a clean owut check. Also tried the -force method and also --clean-slate still it is reverting back to 24.10.3
owut check -v after reinstalling removed default drivers and using --force
owut upgrade -V 24.10.5 --force -v
owut - OpenWrt Upgrade Tool 2026.01.13~2526d84b-r1 (/usr/bin/owut)
ASU-Server https://sysupgrade.openwrt.org
Upstream https://downloads.openwrt.org
Target mediatek/filogic
Profile asus_rt-ax59u
Package-arch aarch64_cortex-a53
Root-FS-type squashfs
Sys-type sysupgrade
Version-from 24.10.3 r28872-daca7c049b (kernel 6.6.104)
Version-to 24.10.5 r29087-d9c5716d1d (kernel 6.6.119)
Build-commit https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=shortlog;h=d9c5716d1d
Build-FS-type squashfs
Build-at 2025-12-17T21:08:22Z (~36 days ago)
Image-prefix openwrt-24.10.5-mediatek-filogic-asus_rt-ax59u
Image-URL https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.5/targets/mediatek/filogic
Image-file openwrt-24.10.5-mediatek-filogic-asus_rt-ax59u-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Installed 231 packages
Top-level 94 packages
Default 36 packages
User-installed 65 packages (top-level only)
Package version changes:
base-files 1662~daca7c049b 1668~d9c5716d1d
dropbear 2024.86-r1 2024.86-r2
irqbalance 1.9.5-r1 1.9.4-r1
kmod-cfg80211 6.6.104.6.12.44-r2 6.6.119.6.12.61-r1
kmod-crypto-acompress 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-aead 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-authenc 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-ccm 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-cmac 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-crc32c 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-ctr 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-des 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-gcm 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-geniv 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-gf128 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-ghash 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-hash 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-hmac 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-hw-safexcel 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-manager 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-md5 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-null 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-rng 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-seqiv 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-sha1 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-sha256 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-sha3 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-sha512 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-fs-ext4 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-gpio-button-hotplug 6.6.104-r5 6.6.119-r5
kmod-hwmon-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-conntrack 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-conntrack-extra 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-conntrack-label 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-nat 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-leds-gpio 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-lib-crc-ccitt 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-lib-crc16 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-lib-crc32c 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-lib-lzo 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-libphy 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-mac80211 6.6.104.6.12.44-r2 6.6.119.6.12.61-r1
kmod-mt76-connac 6.6.104.2025.09.15~6467af3b-r1 6.6.119.2025.11.06~eb567bc7-r1
kmod-mt76-core 6.6.104.2025.09.15~6467af3b-r1 6.6.119.2025.11.06~eb567bc7-r1
kmod-mt7915e 6.6.104.2025.09.15~6467af3b-r1 6.6.119.2025.11.06~eb567bc7-r1
kmod-mt7986-firmware 6.6.104.2025.09.15~6467af3b-r1 6.6.119.2025.11.06~eb567bc7-r1
kmod-nf-conncount 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-conntrack 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-conntrack-netlink 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-conntrack6 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-flow 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-ipt 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-log 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-log6 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-nat 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-reject 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-reject6 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nfnetlink 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-compat 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-fib 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-nat 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-offload 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nls-base 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-phy-aquantia 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ppp 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-pppoe 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-pppox 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-scsi-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-slhc 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-thermal 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-tun 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb-storage 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb-xhci-hcd 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb-xhci-mtk 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb3 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
luci 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-attendedsysupgrade 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-firewall 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-irqbalance 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-nlbwmon 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-package-manager 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-statistics 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-wol 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-base 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-compat 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lib-base 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lib-chartjs 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lib-ip 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lib-ipkg 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lib-jsonc 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lib-nixio 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-light 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lua-runtime 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-mod-admin-full 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-mod-network 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-mod-status 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-mod-system 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-proto-ipv6 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-proto-ppp 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-ssl 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-theme-bootstrap 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
1 packages were downgraded
104 packages are out-of-date
Default package analysis:
Default Provided-by
nftables nftables-json
There are currently package build failures for 24.10.5 aarch64_cortex-a53:
Feed: packages
python-flask-httpauth Thu Jan 22 20:47:23 2026 - not installed
python-gevent Thu Jan 22 20:28:51 2026 - not installed
python-msgpack Thu Jan 22 19:28:53 2026 - not installed
radicale2 Thu Jan 22 20:49:17 2026 - not installed
4 package build failures don't affect this device, details at
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/faillogs-24.10/aarch64_cortex-a53/
Request:
Version 24.10.5 r29087-d9c5716d1d (kernel 6.6.119)
Request hash:
d0828f5a1456ea7d54146503a9ae9421c33bc62d5f5f26067468f7cff7020370
--
Status: queued - 0 ahead of you
Progress: 0s total = 0s in queue + 0s in build
--
Status: container_setup
Progress: 4s total = 0s in queue + 4s in build
--
Status: validate_manifest
Progress: 20s total = 0s in queue + 20s in build
--
Status: building_image
Progress: 40s total = 0s in queue + 40s in build
--
Status: done
Progress: 44s total = 0s in queue + 44s in build
Build succeeded in 44s total = 0s in queue + 44s to build:
version_number = 24.10.5
version_code = r29087-d9c5716d1d (requested r29087-d9c5716d1d)
kernel_version = 6.6.119
rootfs_size_mb = default
init-script = no-init-script
Image source: https://sysupgrade.openwrt.org/store/d0828f5a1456ea7d54146503a9ae9421c33bc62d5f5f26067468f7cff7020370/openwrt-24.10.5-d4e535772f78-mediatek-filogic-asus_rt-ax59u-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Image saved : /tmp/firmware.bin
Manifest : /tmp/firmware-manifest.json
Verifying : /tmp/firmware.bin (19641118 bytes) against /tmp/firmware.sha256sums
Saved sha256 matches
verifying sysupgrade tar file integrity
Checks complete, image is valid.
Installing /tmp/firmware.bin and rebooting...
root@XXXXXXX:~# Connection to 192.168.2.1 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.2.1 closed.
Result after the upgrade, stays at the old 24.10.3:
BusyBox v1.36.1 (2025-09-24 11:31:49 UTC) built-in shell (ash)
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| |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_
| - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _|
|_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____|
|__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M
-----------------------------------------------------
OpenWrt 24.10.3, r28872-daca7c049b
-----------------------------------------------------
Ahhh! A filogic device, I should have noticed that right away...
I'm going to bet real money you need to install the fitblk package. If it's not there (due to a packaging bug), then sysupgrade just silently quits just as you're seeing. Try this and see if that helps:
opkg update && opkg install fitblk
And regarding ripping out defaults to streamline stuff, I do exactly that, too. On my AP, I have removed dnsmasq, odhcpd* and firewall4 since they're not needed. After you remove them, you can tell owut to stop complaining by adding them to the config as list entries of ignored_defaults like this:
$ cat /etc/config/attendedsysupgrade
...
config owut 'owut'
option verbosity '1'
option pre_install '/etc/owut.d/pre-install.sh'
list ignored_defaults 'dnsmasq'
list ignored_defaults 'odhcpd-ipv6only'
list ignored_defaults 'firewall4'
list ignored_defaults 'wpad-basic-mbedtls'
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Thanks again for your reply! This is the result of me running the "opkg update && opkg install fitblk" command and doing the upgrade again using force.
opkg update && opkg install fitblk
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/targets/mediatek/filogic/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/opkg/lists/openwrt_core
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/targets/mediatek/filogic/packages/Packages.sig
root@Nexus-RT-AX:~# uci del_list attendedsysupgrade.owut.ignored_defaults='kmod-mt7915e' 2>/dev/null
root@Nexus-RT-AX:~# uci add_list attendedsysupgrade.owut.ignored_defaults='kmod-mt7915e'
efaults='mt7986-root@Nexus-RT-AX:~# uci add_list attendedsysupgrade.owut.ignored_defaults='kmod-mt7986-firmware'
root@Nexus-RT-AX:~# uci add_list attendedsysupgrade.owut.ignored_defaults='mt7986-wo-firmware'
root@Nexus-RT-AX:~# opkg update && opkg install fitblk
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/targets/mediatek/filogic/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/opkg/lists/openwrt_core
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/targets/mediatek/filogic/packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/base/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/opkg/lists/openwrt_base
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/base/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/targets/mediatek/filogic/kmods/6.6.104-1-6a9e125268c43e0bae8cecb014c8ab03/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/opkg/lists/openwrt_kmods
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/targets/mediatek/filogic/kmods/6.6.104-1-6a9e125268c43e0bae8cecb014c8ab03/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/opkg/lists/openwrt_luci
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/opkg/lists/openwrt_packages
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/routing/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/opkg/lists/openwrt_routing
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/routing/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/telephony/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/opkg/lists/openwrt_telephony
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/telephony/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Package fitblk (2) installed in root is up to date.
After installation of fitblk
root@Nexus-RT-AX:~# owut upgrade -V 24.10.5 --force -v
owut - OpenWrt Upgrade Tool 2026.01.13~2526d84b-r1 (/usr/bin/owut)
ASU-Server https://sysupgrade.openwrt.org
Upstream https://downloads.openwrt.org
Target mediatek/filogic
Profile asus_rt-ax59u
Package-arch aarch64_cortex-a53
Root-FS-type squashfs
Sys-type sysupgrade
Version-from 24.10.3 r28872-daca7c049b (kernel 6.6.104)
Version-to 24.10.5 r29087-d9c5716d1d (kernel 6.6.119)
Build-commit https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=shortlog;h=d9c5716d1d
Build-FS-type squashfs
Build-at 2025-12-17T21:08:22Z (~36 days ago)
Image-prefix openwrt-24.10.5-mediatek-filogic-asus_rt-ax59u
Image-URL https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.5/targets/mediatek/filogic
Image-file openwrt-24.10.5-mediatek-filogic-asus_rt-ax59u-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Installed 223 packages
Top-level 86 packages
Default 36 packages
User-installed 65 packages (top-level only)
Package version changes:
base-files 1662~daca7c049b 1668~d9c5716d1d
dropbear 2024.86-r1 2024.86-r2
irqbalance 1.9.5-r1 1.9.4-r1
kmod-cfg80211 6.6.104.6.12.44-r2 6.6.119.6.12.61-r1
kmod-crypto-acompress 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-aead 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-authenc 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-ccm 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-cmac 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-crc32c 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-ctr 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-des 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-gcm 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-geniv 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-gf128 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-ghash 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-hash 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-hmac 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-hw-safexcel 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-manager 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-md5 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-null 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-rng 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-seqiv 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-sha1 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-sha256 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-sha3 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-crypto-sha512 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-fs-ext4 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-gpio-button-hotplug 6.6.104-r5 6.6.119-r5
kmod-hwmon-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-conntrack 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-conntrack-extra 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-conntrack-label 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ipt-nat 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-leds-gpio 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-lib-crc-ccitt 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-lib-crc16 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-lib-crc32c 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-lib-lzo 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-libphy 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-mac80211 6.6.104.6.12.44-r2 6.6.119.6.12.61-r1
kmod-mt76-connac 6.6.104.2025.09.15~6467af3b-r1 6.6.119.2025.11.06~eb567bc7-r1
kmod-mt76-core 6.6.104.2025.09.15~6467af3b-r1 6.6.119.2025.11.06~eb567bc7-r1
kmod-nf-conncount 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-conntrack 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-conntrack-netlink 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-conntrack6 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-flow 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-ipt 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-log 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-log6 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-nat 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-reject 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nf-reject6 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nfnetlink 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-compat 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-fib 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-nat 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nft-offload 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-nls-base 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-phy-aquantia 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-ppp 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-pppoe 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-pppox 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-scsi-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-slhc 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-thermal 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-tun 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb-core 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb-storage 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb-xhci-hcd 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb-xhci-mtk 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
kmod-usb3 6.6.104-r1 6.6.119-r1
luci 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-attendedsysupgrade 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-firewall 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-irqbalance 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-nlbwmon 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-package-manager 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-statistics 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-app-wol 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-base 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-compat 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lib-base 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lib-chartjs 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lib-ip 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lib-ipkg 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lib-jsonc 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lib-nixio 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-light 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-lua-runtime 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-mod-admin-full 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-mod-network 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-mod-status 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-mod-system 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-proto-ipv6 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-proto-ppp 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-ssl 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
luci-theme-bootstrap 26.018.63408~11ffeb0 26.021.66732~4b823e3
1 packages were downgraded
102 packages are out-of-date
Default package analysis:
Default Provided-by
kmod-mt7915e user ignored
kmod-mt7986-firmware user ignored
mt7986-wo-firmware user ignored
nftables nftables-json
odhcp6c user ignored
odhcpd-ipv6only user ignored
ppp user ignored
ppp-mod-pppoe user ignored
wpad-basic-mbedtls user ignored
There are currently package build failures for 24.10.5 aarch64_cortex-a53:
Feed: packages
python-flask-httpauth Thu Jan 22 20:47:23 2026 - not installed
python-gevent Thu Jan 22 20:28:51 2026 - not installed
python-msgpack Thu Jan 22 19:28:53 2026 - not installed
radicale2 Thu Jan 22 20:49:17 2026 - not installed
4 package build failures don't affect this device, details at
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/faillogs-24.10/aarch64_cortex-a53/
Request:
Version 24.10.5 r29087-d9c5716d1d (kernel 6.6.119)
Request hash:
c032c756ad2666709098a9cd3ae8eb52fe57b4b5089c0b2e6f69f24266440c2a
--
Status: done
Progress: 0s total = 0s in queue + 0s in build
Build succeeded in 0s total = 0s in queue + 0s to build:
version_number = 24.10.5
version_code = r29087-d9c5716d1d (requested r29087-d9c5716d1d)
kernel_version = 6.6.119
rootfs_size_mb = default
init-script = no-init-script
Image source: https://sysupgrade.openwrt.org/store/c032c756ad2666709098a9cd3ae8eb52fe57b4b5089c0b2e6f69f24266440c2a/openwrt-24.10.5-f5d50ec9bdb5-mediatek-filogic-asus_rt-ax59u-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Image saved : /tmp/firmware.bin
Manifest : /tmp/firmware-manifest.json
Verifying : /tmp/firmware.bin (17265438 bytes) against /tmp/firmware.sha256sums
Saved sha256 matches
verifying sysupgrade tar file integrity
Checks complete, image is valid.
Installing /tmp/firmware.bin and rebooting...
root@XXXXXXXXXX:~# Connection to 192.168.2.1 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.2.1 closed.
Still stays at 24.10.3
BusyBox v1.36.1 (2025-09-24 11:31:49 UTC) built-in shell (ash)
_______ ________ __
| |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_
| - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _|
|_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____|
|__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M
-----------------------------------------------------
OpenWrt 24.10.3, r28872-daca7c049b
-----------------------------------------------------
Dang, I lost that bet, so it's time to get our hands dirty. This is something inside sysupgrade itself, so we can create the image once, stash it and then use it for experiments repeatedly.
So, run owut to create the image and stop, then copy it off device for safe keeping, so we don't have to create it again.
owut download --force ...
scp /tmp/firmware.bin other-host:/some/where/safe
Now run sysupgrade with all the debugging turned on. It should produce thousands of lines of output, but the last 30-50 lines is probably what we care about (I'm hoping our bug occurs while the console is still active, as sysupgrade does things after the network shutdown, drives are unmounted and console is disconnected during the reboot initialization).
sh -x /sbin/sysupgrade /tmp/firmware.bin
If you need to repeat above, just copy firmware.bin to the device in /tmp/ and do the sysupgrade again (I'm assuming it gets to the reboot phase, which wipes the contents of /tmp, including that binary).
Hello Efahl - I ran the debug with sh -x as you suggested. Im not familiar with these logs, but I managed to copy the very last lines of the screen before the connection dropped and the router rebooted. I did have fitblk installed for this run.
+ U_J_T1=J_V
+ export -- 'K_J_T1='
+ unset S_J_T1
+ _json_set_var JSON_CUR J_T1
+ local '___val=J_T1'
+ eval 'JSON_CUR="$___val"'
+ JSON_CUR=J_T1
+ _jshn_append JSON_UNSET J_T1
+ local '_a_value=J_T1'
+ eval 'JSON_UNSET="${JSON_UNSET} $_a_value"'
+ JSON_UNSET=' J_V_prefix J_V_path J_V_command J_T1'
+ _json_add_generic object options J_T1 J_V
+ local var
+ '[' J_V '=' J_A ]
+ var=options
+ '[[' options '==' options ]]
+ export -- 'J_V_options=J_T1' 'T_J_V_options=object'
+ _jshn_append JSON_UNSET J_V_options
+ local '_a_value=J_V_options'
+ eval 'JSON_UNSET="${JSON_UNSET} $_a_value"'
+ JSON_UNSET=' J_V_prefix J_V_path J_V_command J_T1 J_V_options'
+ _jshn_append K_J_V options
+ local '_a_value=options'
+ eval 'K_J_V="${K_J_V} $_a_value"'
+ K_J_V=' prefix path command options'
+ json_add_int save_partitions 1
+ local cur
+ _json_get_var cur JSON_CUR
+ eval 'cur="$JSON_CUR"'
+ cur=J_T1
+ _json_add_generic int save_partitions 1 J_T1
+ local var
+ '[' J_T '=' J_A ]
+ var=save_partitions
+ '[[' save_partitions '==' save_partitions ]]
+ export -- 'J_T1_save_partitions=1' 'T_J_T1_save_partitions=int'
+ _jshn_append JSON_UNSET J_T1_save_partitions
+ local '_a_value=J_T1_save_partitions'
+ eval 'JSON_UNSET="${JSON_UNSET} $_a_value"'
+ JSON_UNSET=' J_V_prefix J_V_path J_V_command J_T1 J_V_options J_T1_save_partitions'
+ _jshn_append K_J_T1 save_partitions
+ local '_a_value=save_partitions'
+ eval 'K_J_T1="${K_J_T1} $_a_value"'
+ K_J_T1=' save_partitions'
+ json_close_object
+ _json_close_table
+ local _s_cur
+ _json_get_var _s_cur JSON_CUR
+ eval '_s_cur="$JSON_CUR"'
+ _s_cur=J_T1
+ _json_get_var JSON_CUR U_J_T1
+ eval 'JSON_CUR="$U_J_T1"'
+ JSON_CUR=J_V
+ json_dump
+ jshn -w
+ ubus call system sysupgrade '{ "prefix": "\/tmp\/root", "path": "\/tmp\/sysupgrade.img", "command": "\/lib\/upgrade\/do_stage2", "options": { "save_partitions": 1 } }'
Command failed: Connection failed
root@XXXXXXXXX:/mnt/usb# Connection to 192.168.2.1 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.2.1 closed.
Is this the culprit?
+ ubus call system sysupgrade '{ "prefix": "\/tmp\/root", "path": "\/tmp\/sysupgrade.img", "command": "\/lib\/upgrade\/do_stage2", "options": { "save_partitions": 1 } }'
Command failed: Connection failed
To add, this is my free memeory before upgrade:
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 496516 59064 320760 1212 116692 387328
This is getting more mysterious rather than less.
Hmm, I don't think so, I think the "connection failed" is a normal consequence of the service shutdown at https://github.com/openwrt/procd/blob/master/system.c#L825, which happens just before /lib/upgrade/do_stage2 is run (that's where I'm thinking it's going wrong).
You might be onto something with the free space checks though. Memory looks good, how much "disk" space is there? And how big is your config backup? Run these two commands and we'll see the answers to those:
df -h
sysupgrade -b - | wc -c
Here's the result for the 2 commands:
root@Nexus-RT-AX:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 19.8M 19.8M 0 100% /rom
tmpfs 242.4M 1.2M 241.2M 1% /tmp
/dev/ubi0_6 82.2M 6.6M 71.4M 8% /rom/overlay
overlayfs:/overlay 82.2M 6.6M 71.4M 8% /
tmpfs 512.0K 0 512.0K 0% /dev
overlayfs:/overlay 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /tmp/opkg-lists
overlayfs:/overlay 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /tmp/opkg-lists
overlayfs:/overlay 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /tmp/opkg-lists
overlayfs:/overlay 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /tmp/opkg-lists
overlayfs:/overlay 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /tmp/opkg-lists
overlayfs:/overlay 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /tmp/opkg-lists
overlayfs:/overlay 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /tmp/opkg-lists
/dev/sda1 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /mnt/usb
/dev/sda1 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /tmp/opkg-lists
/dev/sda1 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /tmp/opkg-lists
/dev/sda1 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /tmp/opkg-lists
/dev/sda1 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /tmp/opkg-lists
/dev/sda1 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /tmp/opkg-lists
/dev/sda1 28.3G 1.6G 25.2G 6% /tmp/opkg-lists
root@Nexus-RT-AX:~# sysupgrade -b - | wc -c
32138
Well, the backup is not too big, so that's not the issue.
What the heck is up with all the duplicated mounts of /tmp/opkg-lists though? I've never seen anything like that before.
Are you using some sort of extroot setup on a USB drive or something? That might be the culprit here, if there's a script creating mounts in weird places, sysupgrade might be writing the firmware to the wrong drive or partition.
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Hello Efahl,
You were spot on with the mount suspicion. It turns out that was exactly what was choking the sysupgrade process.
I dug into it and found the culprit: a custom hotplug script I had at /etc/hotplug.d/block/99-opkg-lists. Its job was to bind-mount the opkg-lists directory to the USB to save internal flash space, but it lacked a proper check to see if the mount already existed. Every time the USB was detected or triggered, it was layering another bind-mount on top of the last one, leading to that massive list of duplicates you saw.
What i did to fix it was:
- Disabled the script (
mv /etc/hotplug.d/block/99-opkg-lists /etc/hotplug.d/block/99-opkg-lists.DISABLED). - Ran a loop to
umountall the duplicates. - Rebooted the router to reach a clean state.
After that, the standard attended sysupgrade worked flawlessly, and Iām now successfully running 24.10.5. Thanks for pointing out that red flag, it saved me from having to do a risky manual UBI overwrite that i was contemplating for over a week now.
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Ah, excellent, glad you got it sorted. It's good to know it wasn't a bug in the bowels of sysupgrade (wading through the stuff in those bowels is never pleasant).
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Is there a way to avoid typing the full path, /rom/etc/uci-defaults/99-asu-defaults, when you want to keep it unchanged?
Of course! 
Put it in the config file (https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/sysupgrade.owut#persistent_uci-defaults):
uci set attendedsysupgrade.owut.init_script=/rom/etc/uci-defaults/99-asu-defaults
uci commit
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